NEC NDRV-60 owner manual Basic Recording Basic Recording from a TV, Instant Timer Recording

Basic Recording

Basic Recording from a TV

Follow the instructions below to record a TV program. Recording starts immediately and continues until the disc or tape is full or you stop the recording.

1or DVD) for Recording and load a recordable disc or tape.

Also make sure that the TV input is set to this recorder. If you load a completely blank DVD-RW disc, Disc initial-

ize menu will appear, to select a desired Recording Mode to initialize the disc (See page 26).Switch on the Recorder, select the device (VCR

Set a recording mode as necessary by pressing

2 REC MODE repeatedly.

DVD: SP (Standard quality), LP (Low quality), XP(High quality), EP (Extended quality)

VCR: SP (Standard Play), LP (Long Play)

3 Use CH (v/V) on the front panel or CH/TRK(v/ V) on the remote control to select the TV channel to record.

4record.

The table below shows what will be recorded on the different settings for different types of broadcast. The last

column (Monitor Audio) shows what you’ll hear as it is recording.Use AUDIO to select the audio channel to

TV	Selected Audio	Broadcast Audio				Monitor
Broadcast						Audio
		VR mode or		Video, +R or
Audio		Tape		+RW mode
		L Ch	R Ch	L Ch	R Ch
STEREO	STEREO/MAIN	STEREO		STEREO		STEREO
	STEREO/SUB	STEREO		STEREO		STEREO
	MONO/MAIN	MONO		MONO		MONO
MAIN+SUB	STEREO/MAIN	MAIN	SUB	MAIN	MAIN	MAIN
	STEREO/SUB	MAIN	SUB	SUB	SUB	SUB
	MONO/MAIN	MAIN	SUB	MAIN	MAIN	MAIN
MONO	STEREO/MAIN	MONO		MONO		MONO
	STEREO/SUB	MONO		MONO		MONO
	MONO/MAIN	MONO		MONO		MONO

5Recording will start. (The REC indicator lights in the display window.)Press REC (z) once.

Recording continues until you press STOP (x) or the disc (or tape) is full.

To record for a fixed length of time, see Instant Timer Recording on right.

6Press STOP (x) to stop recording.

Instant Timer Recording

Instant Timer Recording allows you to make a recording easily of a preset length without using the program timer.

1	Follow steps	1-5 as shown left (Basic Recording
	from a TV).

2ing time length.

Recording starts after the first press.

DVD: Each subsequent press increases the recording time by 10 minutes within free space.

VCR: Each subsequent press increases the recording

time by 30 minutes. Please confirm the VHS tape has enough remaining time to be recorded before recording.Press REC (z) repeatedly to select the record-

Input: PR 09			DVD
MONO	SP	2H 01M Free	00:09:05
			30min Rec.
Input: PR 09			VCR
MONO	SP	0:17:32	120min Rec.

Instant Timer Record Menu

Checking the Recording Time

Press REC (z) or DISPLAY once to check the record- ing time. The recalled setting will automatically return to the TV screen for a moment.

Also, remaining time of recording is shown in the dis- play window.

To Extend the Recording Time

The recording time can be extended anytime by press- ing REC (z).

Each subsequent press increases the recording time by 10 minutes (DVD) within free space or 30 minutes (VCR).

To Pause the Recording

1Press PAUSE/STEP (X) to pause the disc or tape during recording.

2When you want to continue recording, press PAUSE/STEP (X) or REC (z).

otes

•If you press PAUSE/STEP (X) during the Instant Timer Recording, it will be canceled.

•The Recorder will automatically power off

when the Instant Timer Recording ends.

To record one TV program while watching another

1Switch the TV to the tuner mode.

2Using the TV remote controller, select the channel to be viewed.

ips (VCR mode only)

Always use PAUSE/STEP (X) for best results when making changes during recording .

For example: To change channels during recording, first press PAUSE/STEP (X) to put the unit in pause mode. Then select the desired channel on the Recorder, and press PAUSE/STEP

(X) again to resume recording.

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